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Welcome to the Social Edge update! Social entrepreneurs are clearly good people dedicating themselves to making a difference in the world, but they rarely mention their spiritual values. “Is there an unspoken taboo preventing the sharing of personal beliefs?” wonders Paul Lamb. It may not matter where this goodness comes from: “Social entrepreneurs should never be judged on what they choose to believe or if their work has any particular value system attached to it,” he adds. But why the silence? Is talking about such things crossing a line that shouldn't be crossed -a separation of church and state? Join Paul Lamb in a conversation on social entrepreneurs’ spiritual values and moral underpinnings. Then read Jonathan C. Lewis as he profiles a successful real estate entrepreneur now funding social ventures: “Change starts with our ability to empathize, to understand the grief of others, to walk in the other person’s shoes… and to live out our own humanity in deeds.” Follow Teresa Dunbar, who quit her job to become a Kiva Fellow in Cambodia and the Philippines only to get back home as the job market was tumbling. Or join Magogodi Makhene who thinks we are now living in the realm of Soc-Ent2.0, and Dr. O, who tells you how PayPal can facilitate your mobile giving efforts. And please welcome Darwin to the world! Jason “Untangled” Clark, our technology expert, our Web genius, our Plone star and Apple guru, just untangled his own daughter’s umbilical chord as she arrived at home. From the silence of the churches to Darwin’s new cries –Long live Clark 2.0!
Join this Week's Live Discussions  The Silence of the Churches
Why do social entrepreneurs rarely mention their spiritual values and moral underpinnings? Is there an unspoken taboo preventing the sharing of personal beliefs? Join Paul Lamb, a Man in a Mission, in the conversation.
Legal Issues for Social Entrepreneurs
Is proliferation of legal sites for social entrepreneurs a good thing? And how do you select a pro-bono lawyer? David Roll, Associate Director of the Lex Mundi Pro Bono Foundation, helps your navigate the legal world. It doesn't take an MBA - or does it?
Liberal arts students are passionate about their contribution to the world while business-school students leverage their skills to create financial success. Where do social entrepreneurs fit? Charles (Hipbone) Cameron tries to configure the best of both worlds. Conflict-to-Cooperation Conversations in the Middle East
Arnold Noyek has built cooperative health initiatives across the Arab and Israeli fault line, a new blueprint to peace through health as a common language of need. Tell us if this Middle East model has global potential. Government: Social Investment Catalyst or Market Disrupter?
What is the role government should take in accelerating the new social economy development? Join Rod Schwartz, CEO of ClearlySo, in the conversation. From Social Entrepreneurship to Social Interpreneurship
At the 2010 Skoll World Forum, Peter Deitz discovered Social Interpreneurship: two parts Internet, five parts Interaction, and ten parts Interdependence. He now wonders whether we have evolved beyond social entrepreneurship. Join him in the conversation.
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"When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world." George Washington CarverWhat is Social Entrepreneurship?Statement of Faith
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